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    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Global market tumult slows growth in ETF industry

      Net inflows decline 30% in the first half of 2022 to $464bn

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Inside BusinessOlaf Storbeck
      DWS woes put spotlight on the limits of its independence

      Asset manager is listed but German corporate structure allows parent Deutsche Bank to call the shots

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      News in-depthESG investing
      ESG’s legal showdown: ‘There’s nothing to suggest DWS is a one off’

      The boom in ESG investing is drawing regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Capital markets
      RIP ESG?

      Plus, BlackRock investors take voting power, concern rises over eurozone debt, and Hubert de Givenchy’s exceptional collection

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      DWS chief in line for millions of euros in severance pay

      Asoka Wöhrmann set for payout despite resigning after investigations into ‘greenwashing’

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast28 min listen
      Blowing the whistle on ESG

      Whistleblower Desiree Fixler on her greenwashing allegations against DWS

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Moral Money
      DWS raid is a crunch moment for ESG Premium content

      Plus, readers pitch in on that HSBC speech

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      John Gapper
      Greenwashing is tempting for CEOs who tell stories

      Meeting financial targets is tedious but promising to save the world sounds heroic

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Has private equity become a Ponzi scheme? Premium content

      Plus, a look at the rise of Simon Sadler’s trading empire and the fallout from greenwashing allegations at DWS

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      News in-depth
      Deutsche banker takes over asset manager in the eye of an ESG storm

      Stefan Hoops catapulted into centre of Germany’s latest corporate scandal

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      DWS chief resigns after police raid over greenwashing claims

      Asoka Wöhrmann to step down from Germany’s top asset manager at the end of next week

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      LexFund management
      DWS: greenwash row highlights ESG’s own ethical conflicts

      For regulators and hundreds of newly-minted ESG rating agencies the issue is standardisation

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and his ‘superbank’

      The autocratic prime minister is looking to increase his financial control over the country

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Fund management
      Aggregate ESG confusion

      The latest Deutsche raid highlights what a mess this has become

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      German police raid DWS and Deutsche Bank over greenwashing allegations

      Asset manager accused of misleading investors about ESG factors in its financial products

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Only 10% of German ESG funds shun controversial assets, activists claim

      Campaign groups say more than 40% of ESG funds invest in defence companies

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      Deutsche Bank AG
      DoJ censures Deutsche Bank for late flagging of greenwashing claims

      Bank’s asset manager reports 75 per cent fall in ESG assets as DWS drops controversial reporting approach

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Stagecoach Group PLC
      Stagecoach agrees rival £595mn offer from DWS in blow to National Express

      Bid sends Scottish bus operator’s shares up nearly 40% as board recommends pulling out from planned merger

    • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
      Asoka Wöhrmann, the DWS boss facing a widening scandal

      Controversy spreads over German asset management CEO’s extensive use of private emails

    • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
      Deutsche Bank AG
      DoJ notifies Deutsche Bank it may have violated US criminal settlement

      German lender failed to alert authorities about internal complaint at asset management unit

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
      LexDeutsche Bank AG
      Deutsche Bank: past decisions haunt German bank’s shareholders Premium content

      Investors will wonder what might have accrued to them had DWS not been split off

    • Monday, 27 September, 2021
      FT Asset Management
      The tale of Ray Dalio, Chinese officials and the $10 ‘miracle devices’

      Plus, inside the conflicts of interest engulfing DWS’s greenwashing allegations, and how ‘Trad-Fi’ is pushing back on stringent crypto rules

    • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
      European banks
      PwC advised DWS on sustainability while investigating greenwashing claims

      Probe that dismissed concerns may have suffered from conflict of interest, whistleblower says

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      LexESG investing
      DWS/ESG: greenwashing leaves a stain Premium content

      Doing good is big business but asset managers need to up their game

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      ESG investing
      DWS probes spark fears of greenwashing claims across investment industry

      Poor data and conflicting standards on ESG open up asset managers to potential claims misleading clients

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